Letter from… Warsaw: Weil’s withdrawal from CEE marks a new phase, not the end, of international firms’ regional domination Marco Cillario Neglected by foreign advisers for years, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) legal markets enjoyed a few moments of popularity…
City biz support jobs axed again as Taylor Wessing makes 28 redundant Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing has made 10% of its 270-strong City business services staff redundant, the latest in a string of firms moving…
LLP: CMS lifts profit amid Hong Kong and Istanbul restructuring as year-end move dampens NRF’s turnover Marco Cillario Operating profits at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang rose 20% to £192.8m after the firm restructured its Hong Kong and Turkish…
Taylor Wessing loses practice head as Latham targets UK mid-market for first City tech laterals Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has become the latest US player to expand its City emerging company capabilities by targeting two mid-market UK…
Warne gets second term as CMS UK senior partner Marco Cillario Penelope Warne (pictured) will remain at the helm of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang until May 2024 after the partnership confirmed…
International round-up: Squires enters Italy as NRF shuts Bahrain outpost Marco Cillario Squire Patton Boggs has entered the Italian legal market with a four-partner Milan base while Norton Rose Fulbright has become the…
International roundup: Dentons enters Ireland and Cooley steps into Singapore as Winston leaves the Middle East Marco Cillario Dentons is to enter one of the few European jurisdictions missing from its sprawling international network by launching an outpost…
NRF London partner promotions flat at eight in North America-focused round Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright has promoted 48 lawyers to partner and five to the South African partner-equivalent role of director, increasing…
Hogan Lovells ramps up London partner promotions in 29-strong round Marco Cillario Hogan Lovells has increased partnership promotions in the City for the fourth successive year, minting eight in London amid a slightly…
LLP accounts: Pension costs hurt CC profits as A&O leadership sees pay increases Marco Cillario Operating profit at Clifford Chance (CC) UK LLP fell 5% to £260m in the year to 30 April 2019 amid…
Kirkland alumni gets nod as Sidley promotes two in London following 30-strong promotion round Marco Cillario Sidley Austin has promoted two of its City associates to partner, including one of the 40 lawyers who has joined the…
Some joy for UK partnership as Hogan Lovells board backs City-based litigation chief as deputy CEO Marco Cillario While missing out on the firm’s top management role, Hogan Lovells’ London office is all but certain to see one…
RPC’s surprise partnership shake-up signals focus on next generation but is the firm still playing too safe? Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the background to RPC’s decision to abandon all-equity structure At a November press event held by a…
Letter from… Brussels: Brexit convulsions prove no problem for Brussels hands as the age of tough antitrust enforcement proves a boon Marco Cillario In mid-October, when Legal Business decided it would dedicate this column to analysing the Belgian legal market, there was still…
Comment: Miguel who? New Hogan Lovells chief is going to be a hard sell in Europe Marco Cillario Canvassing ex-partners a few days after Hogan Lovells’ board recommended Miguel Zaldivar (pictured) as the firm’s next chief executive, Legal…
Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers Marco Cillario Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added four more lawyers to its ten-partner Wall Street M&A team, with three counsel and one associate…
Bakers former City head Senior admits to sexually harassing associate but denies abuse of position Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie’s former London managing partner Gary Senior has admitted his behaviour after a firm event in 2012 amounted to…
Bakers accused of ‘failure’ over handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former London head Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie was accused of ‘collective failure’ for the way it handled allegations of sexual misconduct against its former London…
Weil completes withdrawal from CEE as Warsaw office breaks away Marco Cillario Weil, Gotshal & Manges is winding down its once-potent Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) operations, with its 80-strong Polish team setting…
RPC abandons all-equity structure in sweeping partnership shake-up Marco Cillario Reversing a common trend among many City firms in recent years, RPC is to introduce the roles of fixed share…
